Women have always proved their incomparable strengths in every field in the male dominated society and the world has a hug list of influential women who have set new examples for the women, all over the world. If you have been wondering about the top 10 most influential women in the world in 2015, here is the most appropriate list that will reveal how well women are cashing their talents.
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50. Angelina Jolie
She is the most famous actress, producer and director of Hollywood film industry and is the only one getting the biggest paycheck.
49. Angela Ahrendts:
She is the SVP of the retail and online stores of Apple Company and has been the former CEO of Burberry as well and is also the first women on Apple CEO Tim Cook’s executive team.
48. Amy Hood:
She is the chief financial officer of well-known company Microsoft.
47. Sheikh Hasina Wajed:
She is the prime minister of Bangladesh and is also the leader of the ruling Awami League since 1981.
46. Ellen DeGeneres:
She is a famous philanthropist, actor, director, comedian and an entrepreneur and the host of “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” that has set the records of success ratings.
45. Ertharin Cousin:
She is the executive director of World Food Programme which is one of the world’s largest hunger fighting organization.
44. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala:
She is Nigerian minister of finance and has helped Nigeria regain the financial recovery through finance stabilizing programs.
43. Chanda Kochhar:
She is the CEO and managing director of ICICI bank India and is responsible for overseeing more than 125 billion dollar assets for the company.
42. Bonnie Hammer:
She is the most powerful women of cable TV and has included Bravo, Oxygen and NBC Universal to her profit machine assortments.
41. Wu Yajun & family
She is the cofounder of Longfor Properties and has real estate business as her major sources of income
40. Joyce Banda
She is the Malawian president and is the first female president to be throned in Malawi ever.
39. Anna Wintour:
She is the director of the Conde Nast Publications, Inc. and hosts the most successful fundraisers of all times.
38. Sri Mulyani Indrawati:
The managing director of World Bank, Sri Mulyani Indrawati with the degree of doctorate from the University of Illinois at Urbana is the most senor and well experienced worker of the bank.
37. Renee James:
She is the president of Intel company and has controlled the company’s premeditated expansion into trademarked and open source software.
36. Arundhati Bhattacharya:
She works as a managing director and chairperson of State Bank Of India and is the first women who have been appointed into such position.
35. Queen Elizabeth II:
She is now the longest-reigning monarch in over 1,200 years of British history with her major investments in real estate, making her net worth of five hundred million dollars.
34. Abigail Johnson:
She is the president of the Fidelity Investments and symbols the third generation of Johnsons leading the asset manager.
33. Drew Gilpin Faust:
She is the president of Harvard university with a degree of doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania.
32. Sofia Vergara:
World famous actress and entrepreneur, Sofia Vergara is also the cofounder of Latin World Entertainment.
31. Ellen Kullman:
She is the CEO of EI du Pont de Nemours and has work from the transition of the company towards the industrial biosciences and agriculture.
30. Margaret Chan:
She is the director general of World Health Organization and is responsible for the declaration of the pandemics.
29. Laurene Powell Jobs & family:
She is the founder and chairman of Emerson Collective and recently her political wings have been stretched as a great philanthropist, investor and as an advocate.
28. Amy Pascal:
She is the co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment.
27. Gina Rinehart:
She is the executive chairman of Hancock Prospecting.
26. Nancy Pelosi:
She is the minority leader of House of Representatives, United States.
25. Michelle Bachelet:
She is the president of Chile and has a net worth of 150 million dollars.
24. Safra Catz:
With a net worth of about 10.3 billion dollars she is the CEO of Oracle company and s responsible for overseeing major M&A opportunities.
23. Helen Clark:
She is the administrator of U.N. Development Program and has net worth of 17 billion dollars.
22. Ursula Burns:
She is the CEO of Xerox company and has helped Xerox produce adjusted earnings per share of $1.09 up from $1.02. Her net worth is 270 billion dollars.
21. Marillyn Hewson:
The CEO of Lockheed Martin, Marillyn Hewson has an estimated net worth of 25 million dollars.
20. Meg Whitman:
She is the CEO of Hewlett-Packard and has an estimated net worth of about 2 billion dollars until now.
19. Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner:
Her net worth is 12.9 million dollars which she has made by being appointed as the president of Argentina.
18. Marissa Mayer:
She is the CEO of Yahoo and has a total worth of about 300 million dollars.
17. Beyoncé Knowles:
Her net worth is total of 115 million dollars and is the world famous actress, singer and entrepreneur.
16. Maria das Graças Silva Foster:
Her net worth is five million dollars which she has earned while being on the post of CEO of the company Petrobras.
15. Irene Rosenfeld:
With a net worth of 275 million dollars, she is the CEO of the Mondelēz International.
14. Oprah Winfrey:
Her net worth is three billion dollars that she has earned and made from being a TV celebrity ad a famous entrepreneur.
13. Indra Nooyi:
Indra Nooyi is the CEO of PepsiCo company and has net worth of about 12.6 million dollars.
12. Susan Wojcicki:
She is the CEO of YouTube and Google and has net worth of 300 million dollars.
11. Geun-hye Park:
She is a south Korean president and has net worth of 11.3 billion dollars.
10. Virginia Rometty:
Her net worth is 45 million dollars and her major incomes are from her job as a CEO of the IBM company.
09. Sheryl Sandberg:
Her net worth is 1.1 billion dollars and she is the COO of the Facebook.
08. Michelle Obama:
She is the first lady of united states of America and has a net worth of about 11.8 million dollars.
07. Mary Barra:
Mary Barra is the CEO of General Motors and this way she has made her net worth of about 14 million dollars.
06. Hillary Clinton:
She is the world famous philanthropist and author with an estimated net worth of about 25 million dollars.
05. Christine Lagarde:
She is the managing director of International Monetary Fund in Washington DC and has a net worth of about 4 million dollars.
04. Dilma Rousseff:
Her net worth is 593,000 dollars and she is currently the president of Brazil.
03. Melinda Gates:
At an age of 50 she has a net worth of 70 billion dollars and is the co-chairperson of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
02. Janet Yellen:
She is the chairperson of Federal Reserve, Washington, United States is the first woman to head the most influential central bank in the world with the net worth of 62 million dollars.
01. Angela Merkel:
She is the chancellor of Germany and has net worth of about 11.5 million dollars overall.